Atheist Nexus2015-03-31T21:42:17ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberghttp://api.ning.com/files/Ez37uG9SNK-fuLbmUBw4508nPLMVlYmY82ENH9eX612HKDL7w17Eb6pzXo8XK5m5LMUxtwvggrKY355WA5826XATkaBBeX75/Winter.jpg?width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/richarddawkins/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0pvw8jshfd8vc&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSam Harris and Richard Dawkins - Conversation about Science Religion and Morality.tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2014-12-07:2182797:Topic:25170672014-12-07T13:37:40.646ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnYwgcgBYeo" target="_blank">Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins - Conversation about Science Religion and Morality atheist</a></p>
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<p>Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins - Conversation about Science Religion and Morality at oxford England.</p>
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<p>Clinton Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is an ethologist, evolutionary biologist,[1] and writer. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's…</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnYwgcgBYeo" target="_blank">Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins - Conversation about Science Religion and Morality atheist</a></p>
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<p>Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins - Conversation about Science Religion and Morality at oxford England.</p>
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<p>Clinton Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is an ethologist, evolutionary biologist,[1] and writer. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.<br/>Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982, he introduced into evolutionary biology the influential concept that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms. This concept is presented in his book The Extended Phenotype.</p>
<p>Samuel B. "Sam" Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Project Reason. He is the author of The End of Faith, which was published in 2004 and appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for 33 weeks. The book also won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction in 2005.[4] In 2006, Harris published the book Letter to a Christian Nation as a response to criticism of The End of Faith. This work was followed by The Moral Landscape, published in 2010, his long-form essay Lying in 2011, the short book Free Will in 2012, and Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion in 2014.<br/>Harris is a contemporary critic of religion and proponent of scientific skepticism and the "New Atheism". He is also an advocate for the separation of church and state, freedom of religion, and the liberty to criticize religion. Harris has written numerous articles for The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, and the journal Nature. His articles touch upon a diversity of topics including religion, morality, neuroscience, free will, terrorism, and self-defense.</p> Richard Dawkins: Show me the intermediate fossils!tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2013-09-05:2182797:Topic:22963582013-09-05T15:49:44.771ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p>How many times have we heard this one? Well, next time you do, refer your clueless creationist adversary to THIS!<br/><br/><br/><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/o92x6AvxCFg?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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<p>How many times have we heard this one? Well, next time you do, refer your clueless creationist adversary to THIS!<br/><br/><br/><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/o92x6AvxCFg?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
</p> Evolved mechanisms that facilitate religious belieftag:www.atheistnexus.org,2013-08-14:2182797:Topic:22861682013-08-14T00:53:13.132ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
Fact: emotions come from (or simply are) evolved instincts, which facilitate fitness.<br />
Fact: religious experience involves powerful emotion.<br />
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Question: what fitness drives do religious experiences promise to satisfy? Long life (eternal in fact)? Lack of material need? Subordination to a benevolent, all-powerful alpha-male? Protection from all danger? Revenge on those who threaten you, or exploit you? Community?
Fact: emotions come from (or simply are) evolved instincts, which facilitate fitness.<br />
Fact: religious experience involves powerful emotion.<br />
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Question: what fitness drives do religious experiences promise to satisfy? Long life (eternal in fact)? Lack of material need? Subordination to a benevolent, all-powerful alpha-male? Protection from all danger? Revenge on those who threaten you, or exploit you? Community? Religion is opium,tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2013-08-07:2182797:Topic:22820682013-08-07T09:18:39.939ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p>you know like the back of your hands that what is commonly used to confuse the whole world is like hard drug that is illegal in the entire world.I do not need to say it here but i guess that you all know it,when one swallow this pill in the name of religion she or he stops to think about the real truth concerning the world,</p>
<p>That is not the point the point is that religion should be categorized with illegal drugs as heroin and name it</p>
<p>to continue..................the writer is…</p>
<p>you know like the back of your hands that what is commonly used to confuse the whole world is like hard drug that is illegal in the entire world.I do not need to say it here but i guess that you all know it,when one swallow this pill in the name of religion she or he stops to think about the real truth concerning the world,</p>
<p>That is not the point the point is that religion should be categorized with illegal drugs as heroin and name it</p>
<p>to continue..................the writer is atheist taking care of needy orphaned children, contact</p>
<p>e.mail orphaned.chldwelfnd@gmail.com</p> Richard Dawkins Dies ...tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2013-04-24:2182797:Topic:22200362013-04-24T16:57:03.374ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p>... and goes to heaven ... and has a run-in with this Yahweh character ... and:<br/><br/><br/><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hrcQAYS9JtY?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<br/><br/><br/>And Yahweh kinda takes it on the chin!</p>
<p>... and goes to heaven ... and has a run-in with this Yahweh character ... and:<br/><br/><br/><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hrcQAYS9JtY?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<br/><br/><br/>And Yahweh kinda takes it on the chin!</p> Introducing Richard Dawkins!tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-10-30:2182797:Topic:20898832012-10-30T01:17:06.619ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p>Hi! I was lucky enough to introduce Richard Dawkins when he visited our school on October 16th. For some pics and there story, go <a href="http://www.godlessteens.com/2012/10/presenting-richard-dawkins-by-godless-teen-2/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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<p>Hi! I was lucky enough to introduce Richard Dawkins when he visited our school on October 16th. For some pics and there story, go <a href="http://www.godlessteens.com/2012/10/presenting-richard-dawkins-by-godless-teen-2/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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<p>It was an honor!</p> Dawkins misogenytag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-10-26:2182797:Topic:20869132012-10-26T05:43:03.008ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p>In <a href="http://mobile.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/sexism_in_the_skeptic_community_i_spoke_out_then_came_the_rape_threats.html" target="_blank">Rebecca Watson's experience</a> a blog comment by Richard Dawkins encourages Atheist men to harass Atheist women, particularly feminists who speak out. I've lost respect for him.</p>
<blockquote><p>... he left <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2011/07/dawkins_watson1.gif">this sarcastic comment</a> on a…</p>
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<p>In <a href="http://mobile.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/sexism_in_the_skeptic_community_i_spoke_out_then_came_the_rape_threats.html" target="_blank">Rebecca Watson's experience</a> a blog comment by Richard Dawkins encourages Atheist men to harass Atheist women, particularly feminists who speak out. I've lost respect for him.</p>
<blockquote><p>... he left <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2011/07/dawkins_watson1.gif">this sarcastic comment</a> on a <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/07/02/always-name-names/">friend’s blog</a>:</p>
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<div class="text parbase section"><blockquote><p style="margin-left: 40px;">Dear Muslima</p>
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<blockquote><div class="text parbase section"><p style="margin-left: 40px;">Stop whining, will you. Yes, yes, I know you had your genitals mutilated with a razor blade, and … yawn … don't tell me yet again, I know you aren't allowed to drive a car, and you can't leave the house without a male relative, and your husband is allowed to beat you, and you'll be stoned to death if you commit adultery. But stop whining, will you. Think of the suffering your poor American sisters have to put up with.</p>
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<div class="text parbase section"><p style="margin-left: 40px;">Only this week I heard of one, she calls herself Skep"chick", and do you know what happened to her? A man in a hotel elevator invited her back to his room for coffee. I am not exaggerating. He really did. He invited her back to his room for coffee. Of course she said no, and of course he didn't lay a finger on her, but even so …</p>
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<div class="text parbase section"><p style="margin-left: 40px;">And you, Muslima, think you have misogyny to complain about! For goodness sake grow up, or at least grow a thicker skin.</p>
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</div> Examiner Story on Dawkins Anti-Semitism (Yeah, Sure; More Likely He Hit a Raw Nerve)tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-09-15:2182797:Topic:20533482012-09-15T00:28:03.490ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/chief-rabbi-slams-atheist-richard-dawkins-for-anti-semitic-remarks">http://www.examiner.com/article/chief-rabbi-slams-atheist-richard-dawkins-for-anti-semitic-remarks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/chief-rabbi-slams-atheist-richard-dawkins-for-anti-semitic-remarks">http://www.examiner.com/article/chief-rabbi-slams-atheist-richard-dawkins-for-anti-semitic-remarks</a></p> Dawkins' memetics links to Eisler, Berne, & Hedgestag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-04-07:2182797:Topic:19178752012-04-07T20:00:16.266ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p>I see Dawkins' memetics as forming a self-consistent and powerful social/emotional framework when integrated with the ideas of Riane Eisler, Eric Berne, and Chris Hedges. While the nuances of a consistent intellectual framework don't exist, I think a concilience will form.</p>
<p>Because this coming together works best on an emotional level, I've built it into a ritual to support deconversion. For more details see the ritual in…</p>
<p>I see Dawkins' memetics as forming a self-consistent and powerful social/emotional framework when integrated with the ideas of Riane Eisler, Eric Berne, and Chris Hedges. While the nuances of a consistent intellectual framework don't exist, I think a concilience will form.</p>
<p>Because this coming together works best on an emotional level, I've built it into a ritual to support deconversion. For more details see the ritual in <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/culturalevolution/forum/topics/critique-my-ritual-to-reject-theistic-memeplexes" target="_blank">Memetics &amp; Cultural Evolution</a>, and <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/imagine-no-religion/forum/topics/memeout-a-religion-to-atheism-transition-ritual" target="_blank">Imagine No Religion</a>.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/ySR0IpWbPjQhrbkyXUbGX9aeScGHnuanRtlEH0aCaXxdGy0iuR7STBL6k6a4kS96JuCW7h-ErdGhLj3KFFN2vYzrYwrRZUr9/Transitionto.jpg"><img class="align-center" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/ySR0IpWbPjQhrbkyXUbGX9aeScGHnuanRtlEH0aCaXxdGy0iuR7STBL6k6a4kS96JuCW7h-ErdGhLj3KFFN2vYzrYwrRZUr9/Transitionto.jpg?width=400" width="400"/></a>I realize Dawkins doesn't embrace memetics as elaborated by others, but I used his book and gave him the credit, since he originated the meme.</p> Defense mechanisms used to protect or defend beliefstag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-03-30:2182797:Topic:19083832012-03-30T18:51:13.367ZCarol Forsberghttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/CarolForsberg
<p><span>Watching the Reason Rally and conversations of Richard Dawkins, AronRa and other non-believers attempt to think critically with believers reminded me of </span><span class="commentBody">‎"defense mechanisms,” or manners in which we behave or think in certain ways to better protect or “defend” ourselves. Defense mechanisms are one way of looking at how people distance themselves from a full awareness of unpleasant thoughts, feelings and behaviors. They include:…<br></br> <br></br></span></p>
<p><span>Watching the Reason Rally and conversations of Richard Dawkins, AronRa and other non-believers attempt to think critically with believers reminded me of </span><span class="commentBody">‎"defense mechanisms,” or manners in which we behave or think in certain ways to better protect or “defend” ourselves. Defense mechanisms are one way of looking at how people distance themselves from a full awareness of unpleasant thoughts, feelings and behaviors. They include:<br/> <br/> Delusion, <br/> Denial, <br/> Regression, <br/> Acting out, <br/> Dissociation, <br/> Compartmentalization, <br/> Projection, <br/> Reaction formation, <br/> Displacement, <br/> Intellectualization, <br/> Undoing, <br/> Sublimation, <br/> Compensation, <br/> Assertiveness. <br/> <br/> "Remember, defense mechanisms are most often learned behaviors, most of which we learned during childhood. That’s a good thing, because it means that, as an adult, you can choose to learn some new behaviors and new defense mechanisms that may be more beneficial to you in your life."<br/> <br/> Those discussion were perfect examples of trying to reason with beliefs based on faith. I am amazed how calm the non-believers were able to conduct themselves. <br/> <br/> <a href="http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/15-common-defense-mechanisms/all/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow">http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/15-common-defense-mechanisms/all/1/</a></span></p>
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